Speech writing on punishment is not the correct approach to discipline
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Answer:
what kinda question is this???????
Explanation:
Child discipline – probably the least enjoyable part of parenting.
It can be frustrating, discouraging and exhausting. It is one of the most common and toughest challenges of parenthood.
Have you ever wondered:
“How can we discipline kids without using punishment?”
Mom and Dad happily swing girl in the middle -Discipline versus punishment
As it turns out, using punishment is not the only way nor a good way to successfully discipline a child.
In this article, we will look at why these disciplinary measures are not good.
We will also look at 4 effective ways to discipline children, ways that can:
modify children’s behavior,
develop their characters,
protect their mental health, and
help you develop a close relationship with them.
The best part?
No more nagging, yelling, threatening or punishing.
So let’s get started.
Discipline and Punishment Infographic
What Is The Difference Between Discipline And Punishment?
Mom points finger at girl - difference between discipline and punishment
Many people use discipline and punishment interchangeably.
But they are not synonyms.
Discipline and punishment are not the same things.
Discipline is the practice of training someone to behave in accordance with rules or a code of behavior.
The word, discipline, comes from Latin disciplina (teaching, learning or instruction), and discipulus (disciple, pupil).
To discipline means to teach.
To teach is to show and explain how to do something. It focuses on teaching desirable future behavior.
To punish is to inflict suffering for past behavior.
But the difference between discipline and punishment goes deeper than just the meaning of the words.
There is also a difference in how a child’s brain reacts to them.
Punishment is not just philosophically bad. It is actually harmful to brains.
Parents, we want healthy brains for our kids, right?
So keep reading and you’ll find out why and how punishment is bad for our kids’ brains, and what to do to discipline.
Related: Turning Tantrums Into Triumphs
The Science Of Discipline vs Punishment
Dog licking its lips - Discipline styles
Here is a famous classical conditioning experiment done by the Russian physiologist, Ivan Pavlov.
A dog salivated when it was being fed.
So Pavlov came up with an experiment. Whenever he gave food to his dogs, he also rang a bell. After repeating this procedure a number of times, he rang the bell on its own.
Now the bell on its own caused an increase in the dog’s salivation.
This experiment showed that the dog had learned to associate the bell with food and a new behavior was formed. This is called classical conditioning. The bell was originally a neutral stimulus but then became a conditioned stimulus. The salivation was a conditioned response.
Based on this result, it seems natural to conclude that if a negative consequence is associated with an undesired behavior, a dog, or even a child, will eventually learn to adopt the desired behavior instead due to the fear of negative consequence.
Sounds good, right?
But wait … does this theory apply to human children?
Well… yes… but there’s more to it.
You guessed it, it has to do with the human brain.
The Human Brain
Neurologists believe that the human brain is composed of three brain regions.
reptilian brain, mammal brain and the thinking brain
The three brain regions are:
Reptilian brain – controls bodily functions such as breathing, heartbeat, digestion, fight or flight reaction and other survival functions without our conscious effort.
Mammalian brain – also called the emotional brain, is responsible for strong emotions such as fear, rage, separation anxiety, caring, nurturing, etc.
Human brain – also called the thinking brain, is where learning, reasoning, problem-solving, decision-making or sophisticated thinking takes place.
So the difference between discipline and punishment is that:
Discipline invokes the thinking brain, while
Punishment impacts the emotional brain.
Fear And The Brain
How do human brains react to fear?
Let’s say, you are hiking in the wild and suddenly, a large animal jumps out in front of you. What would you do?
If you are like most people, you would instinctively take a step back without thinking.
Then, on a closer look, you notice that it’s only a playful and friendly dog. So you relax after making this conscious judgment.
Here’s what happens in your brain:
Danger triggers an alarm (and fear) in our emotional brain without first going through the thinking brain.
Because when you’re in danger, you can’t afford to think!
The stress hormone, cortisol, is released to equip the body to fight back or to get away (or jump back) quickly.
This is called the fight-or-flight mechanism.
All of these happen automatically without us thinking about what to do next. This mechanism is valuable for human survival